I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down.… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I think it is really important to be in some way provocative -- either intellectually or viscerally -- in the films one… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I have nothing but the highest regard for 'Salon' and its commitment to independent and provocative journalism. — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I hate the idea that you have to give up anything. I think you can be powerful and still be provocative, you… — Michael Kors Copy Share Image
I think the first album cover was considered most provocative. I think that contributed a great deal. — Julie London Copy Share Image
A highly cultivated taste, a taste that is knowledgeable and eclectic, is likely to be exciting and provocative, a personal taste at… — Eleanor Brown Copy Share Image
The Playtex Secrets survey truly uncovered some thought-provoking and provocative secrets of real American housewives. In fact, many of the findings would… — Alfre Woodard Copy Share Image
In the '80s and '90s, I was really interested in, moved by, exhilarated by, and troubled by rap in all the ways… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Well, Well, Well, its certainly a compelling provocative exciting delicious to think about idea, smart people say the universe is so big… — Jeff Goldblum Copy Share Image
We played all that rhetoric, all of the thing - the provocative inflammatory things [Donald Trump] said over the last year, does… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
I think it's a real debate how big NATO should be and whether or not it's more provocative than good. Whenever there's… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
And as cynical and jaded as many have become, you see the heroic nature of cops, who put aside a lot of… — Veena Sud Copy Share Image
“I find suggestion a hell of a lot more provocative than explicit detail. You didn't see Clark[Gable] and Vivien[leigh] rolling around in… — Joan Crawford Copy Share Image
I hardly follow the Finnish metal scene at all at the moment. I'm more interested in traditional '80s heavy metal, and I'm… — Jussi Lehtisalo Copy Share Image
I worked in an insurance office for six years, and it was there that I just woke up one day and realised… — Jamie Sives Copy Share Image
On the one hand, to suggest that white poll watchers are going to black communities threatening and provocative. On the other hand… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I remember saying to myself, those things are very, very important to hear, but there must be another way to say them… — Nikky Finney Copy Share Image
Mr. McCain fought in Vietnam. I think that he has enough blood of peaceful citizens on his hands. It must be impossible… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is behaving in an extremely provocative way toward China, having first cancelled the TPP and alienated America's friends in the… — David Frum Copy Share Image
One of the great things about the film being so unusual and provocative is the filmmaker to me doesn't seem to have… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
When I write provocative social and cultural criticism that causes readers to stretch their minds, to think beyond set paradigms, I think… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
High-class kitsch may well be "perfect" in its form and and composition: the academic painters were often masters of their craft. Thus,… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Right now, where do we stand? Well right at the Russian border, both sides have been taking provocative actions, both sides are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
For any actor to have Oliver Stone call him or her up Its a compliment. He expects you to be on your… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“There's no one else. In my experience, men have one primary use." She let her gaze rove over him suggestively, and the… — Kat Cantrell Copy Share Image
Darwin wasn't just provocative in saying that we descend from the apes - he didn't go far enough. We are apes in… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
To most outsiders, modern mathematics is unknown territory. Its borders are protected by dense thickets of technical terms; its landscapes are a… — Ivars Peterson Copy Share Image
That human beings seek their own well-being and that of those close to them is not an especially provocative discovery. What is… — Thomas Woods Copy Share Image
My provocative statement is that we desperately need a serious, scientific theory of cities and scientific theory means quantifiable, relying on underlying… — Geoffrey West Copy Share Image
Weakness actually is a provocative to evil. You don't beat evil with weakness. You don't beat evil with concessions. You don't beat… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
Think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
Cop shows are by definition melodramatic; they're larger than life. They create very stark contrasts and conflicts emotionally. They're provocative, assuming they… — Steven Bochco Copy Share Image
Celebrities are the fodder of much of the media business, so they're always interested in making you seem provocative when you're not,… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
Religious symbols should be visible in public space, in a dignified and non-provocative manner. Christmas trees here, Jewish menorahs there and, further… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?" He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
You know, Obama says we can't use the word "terrorism." We can't use the word "foreign." We can't use any of these… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Thomas Sowell is America's foremost public intellectual and for good reason. His work covers almost every subject imaginable- race, economics, Marxism, ethnic… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
![“We played all that rhetoric, all of the thing - the provocative inflammatory things [Donald Trump] said over the last year, does that all add up to buying him enough wiggle room with his base that he can get out and change his position like that?” quote by Steve Kornacki](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/de7/steve-kornacki-3435_add_we-played-all-that-rhetoric-all-of-the-t_847200.jpg)
![“I find suggestion a hell of a lot more provocative than explicit detail. You didn't see Clark[Gable] and Vivien[leigh] rolling around in bed in Gone With The Wind, but you saw that shit eating grin on her face the next morning and you knew damned well she'd gotten properly laid.” quote by Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d95/joan-crawford-9168_clark-gable_i-find-suggestion-a-hell-of-a-lot-more-p_604564.jpg)
![“Mr. McCain fought in Vietnam. I think that he has enough blood of peaceful citizens on his hands. It must be impossible for him to live without these disgusting scenes anymore. Mr. McCain was captured and they kept him not just in prison, but in a pit for several years. Anyone [in his place] would…” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/404/vladimir-putin-261_blood_mr-mccain-fought-in-vietnam-i-think-that_434321.jpg)
